by Christine Sine It is Ash Wednesday. Tonight Tom and I will attend our church’s Ash Wednesday service and have our foreheads marked with an ash cross. However my Ash…
by Christine Sine Today’s prayer is inspired by Psalm 51:12-17, one of my favorite psalms to reflect on at this season. I hope that you too will take some time…
by Christine Sine Our journey into Lent is one of hesitant steps and uncertain motives. None of us recognize the depth of our own brokenness and our need for repentance.…
by Christine Sine The ashes we use to anoint our foreheads on Ash Wednesday are traditionally made by burning the crosses and palms used in last year’s Palm Sunday procession.…
by Christine Sine The second of my prayers for Ash Wednesday is another that I love to use each year, usually on the day following the Ash Wednesday anointing of…
by Christine Sine Over the last few years I have written a number of prayers for Ash Wednesday. I have been reading through some of these today and thought that…
by Christine Sine. Next week is the beginning of Lent for Western churches, and though most of us have heard of Ash Wednesday, many of us are a little confused…
by Christine Sine As part of my preparation for Lent each year, I write a prayer for Ash Wednesday and the beginning of Lent. Over the last couple of years,…
By Jody Lee Collins — The city of New Orleans has a singular reputation for “laissez les bon temps rouler” (“let the good times roll”) no matter what time of…
By Emily Huff — “Whether we feel ready or not, this day (Ash Wednesday) marks the beginning of the Church’s observance of the Lenten season—six weeks that are set apart for…
